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adj
Related to argument or controversy; containing polemic, being polemic.
Being an attempt to evaluate the arguments comprehensively.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Related to argument or controversy; containing polemic, being polemic.
Prone to causing disputes; inclined to causing the expression of opposing opinions, disputatious, contentious, edgy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory
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noun
A diatribe or polemic.
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adjective satellite
of or involving dispute or controversy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: polemic
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History
From polemic + -al. By surface analysis, polem- + -ic + -al.
Across languages
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